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Routhierite & Protochabournéite

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Routhierite & Protochabournéite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Blood red routhierite among protochabourneite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Routhierite

Formula: 
Tl(Cu,Ag)(Hg,Zn)2(As,Sb)2S6
Strunz: 
2.GA.40
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar (La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar), Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

Protochabournéite

Formula: 
Tl5-xPb2x(Sb,As)21-xS34 (x ~ 1.2-1.5)
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Sant'Olga tunnel, Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy...